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Make it Crate :: Window Heritage Album w/Katie Ehmann

This is Katie Ehmann on board with a beautiful, vintage heritage album. Beyond it's red bow is a window filled with flowers surrounded by exquisite pages from years long ago. Today, I'm going to show you how to create an album like this of your very own. It's truly magical and a treasure trove of memories - come take a look!

The materials needed are as follows; vintage book, ruler, pencil, craft knife, self-healing cutting mat, ribbon, sewing machine, old family photos and your favorite Crate Paper collection. I opted to use the DIY Shop collection because of it's vintage feel - matches wonderfully with my old photos from the 1930's and 1940's. 

 

The start of the album begins with a special touch - an altered title page with a window, exclusive to a Crate Paper Stand-Out Embellishment. To recreate this page, gather up a group of pages the same approximate width as the embellishment it's to hold. Position a craft mat just beneath the group of pages to protect your work surface.

 

Next, use a ruler to find the middle of the page and then with a pencil, draw a square that is slightly larger than the soon-to-be encapsulated embellishment.

 

With a craft knife, carefully cut along the pencil markings, making sure to cut through all of the pages. Remove the squares to reveal your window! 

 

Machine sew the group of pages together to reinforce your "window" and create one very thick page! 

 

Add patterned paper, letter stickers and embellishments to your title page, sewing across your chosen letter stickers. 

 

For the remainder of the album pages, cut various patterned papers sized slightly smaller than the book pages and machine sew them into position.

 

Add photos, embellishments and journaling to each page, including names and dates (mine have been covered for privacy purposes).

Depending on the number of pages you've created, you may want to remove additional "book pages" in order for your book to close properly. Wrap your album in ribbon and add a decorative CP clothes pin to the top. Now, watch as your family enjoys the album for years to come! 

 

Crate DIY :: Amy Heller

 

 

Hi Everyone! It's Amy Heller here today with a fun, home decor project for this November/Thanksgiving month here in the USA. And the final project was actually a happy mistake - more on that in a bit. I'm calling it my "30 Days of Thanks & Giving Door Hanger". The idea is something of an advent calendar and cornucopia in one - each day, everyone in your family writes something that they are thankful for, or something that they did that was "giving" to someone else. On Thanksgiving Day, you open all the little envelopes to reveal a plethora of thankful wishes and good giving deeds to warm your hearts and homes. My daughter has already embraced this tradition eagerly and has started depositing slips of paper into our festive door hanger. 

Today, I'm going to walk through the most laborious part of this wall cone, the woven covering. I'm a fanatical lover of taking patterned paper and creating textural uses out of it. Something like a fiber artist, I love creating new ways for paper to move, gain strength, provide flexibility, and deepen it's innate beauty by weaving it. 

Here's what you'll need:

Crate Paper, Farmhouse & Random Patterned Papers (cut into 1/2" wide strips x 12" long)
Crate Paper Buttons
Crate Paper Baker's Twine
Paper Mache Cone
Burlap
Twine
Needle
Sewing Machine (optional)
Wide Ribbon

First thing we're going to do is start arranging our strips. I used 11 different papers, but you can use as many or as few as you like. I also created a chaotic pattern with my strips - by arranging my strips in a somewhat disorganized fashion, but then making certain to keep the same order throughout my piece. 

 

Once I'd arranged my "chaotic order" to my pieces, I began setting up my weaving template.

 

To make things a little more manageable with so many strips, I grouped the strips into sections, then taping the very ends together, making sure that the sides butted up to one another, but did not overlap. They should lay perfectly flush to one another. I taped both ends of each section, top and bottom. 

 

Then, I took the sections, and taped those together.

 

This is what it'll look like.

 

Then, to make everything very sturdy, prior to working in the weaving, I stitched the ends right across the tape at the very ends. This will hold everything in place for when you weave. Now, using an over/under, threading, begin weaving your strips in between your secured strips. Then, use an under/over weave for the next strip, and so on, making certain to "tighten" each strip as you go. 

 

Once you are completed, sew or tape along the opposing edges from the first ones to keep your piece secure. Trim off the excess. Once you've done that, your piece will look like this. It's now very flexible, even more so than before it was cut into. I love that!

Now, this is the part of the project, where my original plan went awry and I needed to come up with an alternate plan. At this point, you can easily use a craft glue to wrap your cone and make the woven paper seam the back of your cone. However, I had cut my cone open to get an accurate template for my original plan, and cut my woven piece too soon, leaving unfinished edges, so I needed to come up with a new plan for my lil' cone. So, here's what I did:

I measured up my open cone against my woven piece (inverted), and decided to sew it directly onto the perimeter of my cone.

 

I cut off the excess, and without glue, my woven piece was adhered to the cone, perfectly. Now here was my dilemma, I tried several different courses of action to then re-attach the cone in it's original conical form, including shoe-lacing the seams, which worked, but my edges were definitely unfinished, and threatened to fray. So, I started thinking, "What if I was able to both finish the edges by covering them, and creating a back to close up my cone with something?" That something turned out to be some scrap burlap I had. I used my sewing machine to attach two pieces of burlap to each of the two seams on the back of my paper mache cone. Once that was settled, I used another strip to cover the rough edges along the top of my cone opening. 

 

To secure the back, I used my Crate Paper Baker's Twine to shoelace the back of the burlap together. 

 

The last portion was to secure the bottom of the cone. I did that by using my button twine and simply slip stitching the bottom of each piece of the burlap, then tying the ends into a knot, which can be loosened for larger contents if necessary. I kept the length of my button twine long so that I could then lace up some Crate Paper Buttons to hang from the bottom of my cone. 

 

Next up, I made a bit of a card for the front of my cone.

 

And that about does it! Definitely a new tradition that will take place in our home this year, and years to come! I hope you've enjoyed Crate's DIY feature today! I'll be back next month with another fun project! Have a wonderful day!

The Paper Bag Mini Album Revisited w/Jaime Warren

 

 

Hi Everyone! Jaime Warren joining you today to share a fun, little DIY Project! Slowly but surely, paper bag albums are coming back - yeah! I love creating these little albums, there's just so much you can do with them! For instance, I punched a border along the edge of my album's cover - it's a fun little twist to the standard paper bag album!

  

Crate's 6" x 6" pattern paper pads were perfect for this project because they're of a convenient petite size for smaller sized creations like a mini album. I took one of the papers from Crate's "Farmhouse" mini paper pad, punched it's edge and trimmed it to fit over my existing paper bag cover. 

 

After this quick prepatory step, it's time to start embellishing! To keep it as simple as possible, I used just one sheet of patterned paper for the cover and followed it up with embellishments.

 

After completing the front of the album, it was time to move onto decorating the inside of the album! I simply layered sheets of patterned paper, tearing a few along the way before applying them to the pages. The last detail of course were embellishments - layer and add them! 

I made sure to leave enough room for my photos & journaling during the embellishing phase....space is of the essence here! 

Overall, the layered embellishments create a really nice, chunky mini album, which I love!! It's always a lot of fun to handle this kind of album!! 

 

There are several different ways to bind this kind of album together, but my favorite way is with a couple of basic jump rings. They're classic and simple!

And as a reminder, there are so many different things you can try out with a paper bag album. Instead of folding it, leave it long and create an album that way! Again, have fun with border punches too, and maybe bring out the sewing machine if you have one! Simply put, have fun and experiment! 

 

Here's the completed album {Page to Page}

So, grab some of those paper bags you probably have on hand and have fun with them! (And if you don't, they're inexpensive to boot!! Seek them out and bring them home!) ~ Jaime Warren

 

Crate DIY :: Rahel Menig

 

 

Hey y'all! It's Rahel with a fun, crafty and purposeful DIY project for you :D

 I have wanted to create a cute address book since I got married (and that is already more than a year ago...) It's really horrible, I always have to search online or ask my parents or in-laws for certain addresses and really, that has been getting super awkward if you have to ask for the same old address the forth time!

Since I love love love patterned paper in soft colors, my choice was an easy one and I picked Peppermint for this project.

 

First, I cut some white letter sized 110lb card stock in half. You will need quite a bit of the stuff, so purchase a big pack at your local supermarket in the printer section (or wherever you usually buy printer paper). Then, go ahead and choose your ultimate favorite CP Paper. You will need two of either the same or two different papers for the next step. Cut four 8.5 by 6 inch pieces, so the cover will overlap the inner pages slightly on the longer sides. Glue them together and sew the edges. When you're done with this step, take a paper cutter and rough up all the edges. It works absolutely great with a simple cutter – way faster than with any other tool I know ;)

All righty, now you're ready to make the ABC index. Mark the middle on one of the inside pages. Then, measure your washi tape (I used some from Cath Kidston) and mark your way up, so you know where to put the first index tab. My tape was 1.5cm so it was super easy to do all the measuring. If you don't care if the tabs are not exactly centered then you can skip all the measuring and just DO it ;)

I would always take a roughly 2 inch piece of tape, stick it on the backside (where I marked the page),fold it over and stick it onto the front of the page. When you work your way down always make sure that the tabs stick out about the same (which is about ¼ inch). That way the cover pages will protect the tabs from getting ripped off later on.

Once all the tape is in place you can add the mini ABC stickers from the big sticker sheet. As the last step you can sew over the tape and sticker to secure everything in place and give it a finished, supercrafty look :D

 

Okay, now back to the cover page! When I saw the elastic ribbon I immediately knew what I would do with it. So, I cut a piece that nicely fits around the book, sewed it together and used it as a closure kind-a-thing. It works great! I used a lot of hot glue to secure the ribbon underneath the décor ;) heee

 

Another tip when you're working with the chipboard stickers... I was playing around with the two houses and since the backs were still covered with the sticker paper, they were very slippery. Because of this, I had a great deal of difficulty accurately positioning the pieces as a whole and in a specific location. So, long story short, I simply ripped off the sticky part from the back of the chipboard pieces for easy positioning and then adhered them down with hot glue once I had a location picked out for them.

 

And my very last point before we're done... I really wanted to add some Glimmer Mist at the very end (I never add glimmer mist in the beginning since I don't know where the paper will take me..) but doing so makes things harder if you don't want splatters all over your finished project! So, what I typically do to remedy this issue is to cut a few scrap papers into specific shapes/sizes for laying over the parts I don't want any splatters on and then add the magic ;)

 

Okay, that's it for today :D I hope I was able to inspire you to do something sweet today! Don't forget, the Peppermint line isn't just for Christmas :D heeehee

Happy Scrappin' :Dxoxo, Rahel

PS: In addition I made this slightly different Guest Book for my Grandparents 50th Anniversary. I left out the tabs, but the rest is pretty much the same :) (there I used Random and Farmhouse)

June Crate DIY :: Tara Anderson

 

 

Hi Crate Paper fans! It's Tara here with a crafty DIY Summer project for you!

This Summer, I enrolled my little 6 year old, Alaina, in an Art Summer Camp and over the past couple of weeks, she's been bringing home all sorts of paintings and drawings that have taken over the front of the refrigerator! So, I thought it was time to think of a new display idea for her art and what could be more cute than a petite art gallery display board? With this easy DIY magnetic board and magent project, Aliana's art work now has a space all it's own!

 

The Essentials: CP Chipboard, CP Buttons, CP Brads, CP Paper Scraps, CP Border Stickers, Baking Sheets (Light Weight), Vintage Tart Tins, Magnets, E6000 Glue, Glue Dots, Foam Pop Dots, Paper Flowers, Command Brand Picture Hanging Strips, Spray Paint

 

Start by spray painting your baking sheets. I used a fast drying gloss paint made especially for metal. Apply two coats of paint and leave the baking sheets in a well ventilated area to dry overnight. 

 

Next, gather the supplies for the magnets. To make each magnet, start by gathering supplies first, and then think in layers: larger pieces of chipboard for the base and then gradually build up the layers. 

Here's a step-by-step of how I put one of these tart-tin magnets together! 

First, Set out all your supplies like I've done above.

 

Place a foam-pop dot to the inside center of the tart-tin and then follow it up with a fabric/paper flower and press it into the foam. 

{Fancy Flowers not required..those often-for-sale ones at JoAnns or elsewhere are great for pulling apart and adding to projects like this}

 

Cut out a piece of glittered tulle and add a glue dot to it's center before pressing it into the flower. 

 

Add a couple of glue dots to a button and place it on top the tulle. 

 

Use a foam-pop dot to the back of a smaller chipboard accent and glue it into the button.

 

Use a pair of pliers to trim the prongs from a chosen fabric brad, then add a glue dot to the back of it and place it on top the chipboard. 

 

Add a small pearl to the top of the brad.

 

On the back of the tart tin, apply a small dab of E6000 Glue and adhere the magnet.

***Note to self. E6000 Glue is amazingly strong and will hold just about anything in place, forever. It's also, unfortunately, very smelly. So, my advice: once you've glued a magnet onto each of your tart tins, move your magnets to a well ventilated area to allow them to "air-out" for a day or two. 

 

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I used some of my paper scraps to create a title area on one of the baking sheets. Arrange your paper strips just so and glue them into position using glue dots. Next, choose a few border stickers and layer them over the papers. 

 

I layered a few chipboard accent stickers and slid a photo frame from the Portrait collection in between them. Don't forget to be creative with your title and to include it inside your frame! 

 

To make these magnet boards hardware free, I used picture hanging strips. The strips are sticky and simply clip into each other like velcro! They make hanging the magnet boards nearly effortless! Just follow the directions as stated on the packaging. In applying the strips, add one to each corner of the baking sheet and position them on the wall to your liking. *Be careful, make sure the baking sheets are level before sticking them to the wall!

 

And now for an upclose and personal look at some of the magnets I created for the boards...

To elaborate on this Art Gallery idea, try adding a few empty gold frames and a vintage tray or two. Your little artist is sure to love their new gallery wall, and you can be proud of your great DIY craftiness! Hope you love this art display idea as much as Alaina and I do! Happy Crafting! ~Tara

Crate DIY :: Remake of Home

Hello, it's CP Girl Larissa here to show you another 3-D project today and this time I'm here to inspire you to create a book for your children to play with! First, let me introduce you to my creative process:

From the moment I saw the Books patterned paper I knew I just had to give life to one of those adorable book titles that Lisa brought to us. So, it's been a while that I've been thinking about creating a children's book. I also remembered when Lisa presented to us Crate Paper's new collections and shared the story of entering her son and daughter's bedrooms and from the two rooms, she worked up all the inspiration required to create CP's amazing new collections - Emma's Shoppe and Toy Box! Since having read Lisa's story, I've been unable to stop thinking about them two adorable rooms. So, for CP DIY project this month, I decided to create a 2-floor little house pop-up book that hosts a children's world of textured and layered rooms. Here's another look...

 

Now for the instructions to make the pop-up book...

First, trim four pieces of patterned paper measuring 11.5" x 12". 

 

Fold each of the papers at  the 11" mark and 5.5" mark {see image above}.

 

Adhere the pieces of paper together to create the shown accordion above - the small tab should be adhered to the backside of it's neighboring paper. Remember, that for the accordion, you'll need to alternately fold one section back, then one section forward.

 

Put the accordion aside to give it time to dry. Next, cut and fold 8 triangles like those shown above. To ensure an accurately sized triangle, pre-measure the area in which they'll be placed within the accordion.  

 

After the triangles are cut and folded, insert them into the accordion. 

 

Continue by adding cut-outs, embellishments and attaching tabs.

 

For the roof, trim four more triangles and fold them in the same fashion as the previous ones. Insert them into position along the top of the accordion as to create a roof for it. 

 

For the covers, trim two pieces of chipboard measuring at 5.75" x 12".

 

Cover the chipboard pieces with paper...

 

Before you adhere the accordion to the inside of the two covers, you'll need to add ribbon. Measure and place a mark at the middle point of each chipboard piece. Position the ribbon using double-stick tape on center both above and below the mark.

 

Now it's time to position the accordion inside the book!

 

Cover the chipboard covers with patterned paper and an individual book spine trimmed from the aforementioned "books" patterned paper. Continue to further decorate the book covers!

 

And your book is ready!

You can now encourage your children to play with the book! Than's to Lisa for the inspiration - hope you like my version of your "home". I'm moving on! See you soon - Larissa Albernaz.

April DIY w/Jenny Chesnick

 

Hi Crate Paper fans, Jen Chesnick here with you today with a new DIY project! Today we are going to play with the Portrait collection and with a little elbow grease and some spray paint we are going to turn this old worn out tray into something beautiful for the home. Let’s get started!

The Essentials: Portrait Collection Paper, Chipboard & Label Stickers. Antique Printers tray or something similar you can re-vamp with style. Misc ephemera from your stash; think of all those bits and bobs we all tend to have lying about. Extreme Tac tape adhesive, Craft Glue & U-cut foam. Chisel, Dremel power tool , spray paint, sand paper & wood glue (Actual Tools!)

 

To start, I enlisted my husband to bear the brunt of most of the elbow grease for me while I played photographer. This was a fun way to get him involved in one of my many projects without him feeling silly! He loved using his power tools on this one and was such a great sport. Now you don’t need help to do any of the “fixing” of the tray as everything can easily be done by one person, alone. Just don’t tell him that, ok?

 

We started with a chisel to remove damaged pieces from the tray. The wood was soft and worn so it was really easy to cut out the rough spots. We also used our Dremel to sand down the edges against the remaining wood. If you don’t own one of these tools I highly recommend one for crafting or other DYI projects.

 

Cutting out the damaged pieces also left open more space for photos. Since most the pieces came together to create 1x4 rectangles, there really wasn't a whole lot of space “inside” the tray to place items. So, after we finished removing the damaged spots, we left them open and used wood glue to fill in the empty notches to ensure the remaining pieces were secure.

 

Now that the hard part is over, we moved outdoors to spray-paint our tray. Again I enlisted my husband for the task at hand! In the pic above you can see how all the squares have turned out pre-paint.

 

We used satin indoor spray paint on the tray. Now you certainly should prime your piece beforehand if it is older wood with stain similar to this and you'll want solid coverage. I wanted my tray to still have a shabby vintage feel to match the vintage vibe of Portrait, so I chose not to prime my tray. It's time to paint the tray! Be sure to give it a nice even coat of paint! Less is more when it comes to spray paint. You can always go back and do another coat.

 

Once you are done with painting I recommend letting your piece air dry outside for a least a few hours. Not only will you get a nice finish, the fumes will die down as well. In the photos below you can see how the paint turned out. I used a small piece of sandpaper to “knock down” the edges a bit to make it feel a bit more worn. I wasn’t too concerned with the coverage of paint on the inside of the tray since it was going to be covered with paper anyway.

 

 Now for my part and no, my husband did not have anything to do with the decorating of the project outside of saying “That’s so busy! No don’t put that there, put it here” true story. 

 

Let’s take a closer look at some of my favorite squares. I loved adding these metal tags to the “outside”of the tray. It gives it a nice 3D feel and it’s just another area to decorate. I used chipboard and label stickers to embellish the tag. I used a very high tac craft glue along with U-Cut foam to secure the tag to the tray.

 

For some more 3D embellishing, I layered chipboard florals from Portrait along with these coordinating flowers. I punched out some butterflies to just give it another added touch.

 

Another metal tag layered heavily and more flowers adds another cluster of dimension underneath my two “snapshots”.

 

Of course, this project cannot be finished without the wedding date! Using my circle punch, I punched out the center of the label sticker to create a spot for it. I fanned out the alphabet stickers to give it a more rounded appearance.

 

See the film strips? Don’t they just add an extra level of awesome-ness? They match Portrait so perfectly! To get them to stay rolled, I simply rolled them up and using a stapler, I attached them together. Using craft glue, I secured them to the back of the tray.

Well there you have it Crate Fans! I hope you enjoyed my little DIY project. I do hope to see "your own version" soon!

CP Ruffled Picture Frame w/Kinsey Wilson

Hey everyone! Kinsey here with a fun tutorial on making a ruffled picture frame using an unfinished wooden frame, some fabulous crate paper, an edge punch and a few other materials that you probably have laying around!

 

For this one, I used papers from several different Crate Paper lines; Emma’s Shoppe, Restoration, Neighborhood, Paper Doll, Bliss, Season, Pink Plum and Toy Box. I chose 3 color families to match Brianna’s bedroom colors {pinks, greens and whites}, about 5 different patterns for each color family.

 

I used the ‘abstract flowers’ border punch by EK success to cut my papers into 1 inch strips. Depending on the paper punch you choose, the width of the strips will vary…

You just want to make sure that your strips are wide enough to punch one edge and still have a little leftover paper for the strips to overlap.

  

Using your frame as a guide, trace the frame onto a thin sheet of copy paper. Cut around the traced frame outline.

 

Now flip the traced image over so that it’s face down and adhere a 1 inch strip of patterned paper to the bottom edge and begin layering your punched strips so that they overlap and the copy paper isn’t showing between layers.

 

I only wanted to cover about ¾ of my frame so when I reached a good stopping point, I just trimmed the excess copy paper template away.

 

Turn the ruffled piece face down again, you should see the outline of the frame cutout and using an x-acto knife, cut the inner frame away and set it aside for a second.

 

Finish the exposed section of the frame…since I’m only covering part of the frame with ruffles, I wanted to add a painted/stained technique to the remaining area. For this, I used a paint brush and Mister Huey’s spray mist in ‘piglet’. I was kind of shocked at how intense the pink was (had a bit of an ‘aha’moment with the realization that brushing mist on and spraying mist on, are 2 completely differentthings, ha!). So after a mild panic attack, I regrouped, and watered down some white paint which mixed with the mist already on the frame and I ended up with a fun ‘weathered’ look that was a happy accident…don’t you love when that happens?!

I only added the paint technique to the edges and the top 1/3 of the frame (since the bottom would becovered in ruffles).

 

Since I got so carried away with the paint and mist, I threw caution to the wind and decided to experiment with stamping/embossing on painted wood. I used the My Mind’s Eye doily stamps, white Zing embossing powder and Versamark ink and then heat set everything with my heat gun.

 

Once I had finished my ‘mad scrapbooking-scientist’ moment, I adhered the ruffles to the bottom of the frame and covered the seam with some coordinating ribbon.

I absolutely love the look of layered and punched paper strips and it’s something that can be done on tons of different projects. How fun would it be used on chipboard shapes, paper punches/die cuts,journal covers or cards?! I’m going to have to try that next :)

 Thanks so much for letting me share my little ruffled frame with you! I’ll see you guys next time! ~Kinsey

Crate DIY :: A Lesson in Geography

 

Hey everyone! Kinsey here with our first ever "DIY" feature! Today, we'll be making a fun, interactive teaching map for the kiddos in your life (or just to hang as décor- because who doesn’t love a fun map right?!)! I chose to do a US map because my little 3rd grader is studying states and capitals right now, but the concept translates to any map - countries, continents…etc.

The Essentials: Corkboard Tile, Pattered Paper {Restoration, Portrait & Toy Box}, Tracing Paper/Transparency/Vellum, Graphite Transfer Paper, Craft Glue, Tape Adhesive, Stick Pins and Scissors.

So let’s get started making the map. For the outline, I referred to the ever so reliable, google search, and found a good US map (grayscale) that was without river labeling (the extra lines, makes it a little tough when it comes to tracing)… I printed the map on plain white copy paper and then with the help of tracing paper, I traced the map so that the outline would be easier to hand-cut when the time comes (I didn’t trace exactly as I left out some of the tiny nooks and crannies).

I wanted my map to be colorful so I opted to use several different patterned papers (using multiple papers means cutting the states individually. You can opt to use just one patterned paper if you prefer, but make sure you have enough of it to complete the project. Trace with a pen/marker.) To transfer each state to a different paper, I used graphite transfer paper…it can be found at just about any craft store and is similar to carbon paper but better because it's erasable! I transferred the outlines onto the reverse side of my papers so that I didn’t have to do any erasing. To do that, put your patterned paper face down so that the backside is facing up and then place the transfer paper on top of it. On top the transfer paper, place the tracing paper map (Face down! The states will be backwards but you’ll be able to see what you’re doing since the tracing paper is transparent). Using a ball point pen, trace the desired states onto your paper and then cut them out.

Once you’ve cut out all of the states (or the entire map), adhere them to a corkboard sheet or tile (you can find these at the craft store as well) using craft glue.

Optional: To add definition and to cover up some of the gaps between the varying states, I used a fine tip paint brush and glossy black paint to outline them. I also pre-pierced holes in each state - roughly where the capitals would be on the map. This ensures that the map doesn’t end up with a bunch of holes following multiple uses and also, so that Brianna can practice her state capitals on the same board.

Making the label ‘flags’: I typed all the states and capitals in a word document. Since the flags will be folded in half to attach them to the pins, I made sure to space the labels about 4 inches apart. I printed the labels onto plain white cardstock and then cut into strips (about 4 inches x ½inch).

I constructed the pin ‘flags’ using straight pins with flat heads (see photo below). Fold each label in half, add some tape adhesive and wrap the flag around the pin head. Since I used different patterned papers for my map, I also punched coordinating circles and adhered those to the backside of each flag- the color on the back acts as a hint to help Brianna figure out the states that might stump her :)

I finished this one up just as my little one was getting home from school and it’s a major hit! She’s been ‘playing’ with it all evening…love that!

Thanks so much for hanging out with me today! Before I sign off…Pop quiz: what’s the capital of Arkansas? Hehehe! Hope you enjoyed today’s DIY and maybe even picked up an idea or two along the way! ~ Kinsey